We just had the following email “Dear Tate, I don’t know if you have done this kind of thing in the past, but I recently saw a MasterCard commercial with Boo Weekly and Arnold Palmer (you couldn’t miss the spot it if you saw the US Open this past weekend). Arnold Palmer is wearing some really unique looking black and white golf shoes in the ad and I can’t seem to find them anywhere on the internet, or even identify what make they are”.

The ad/commercial is on You Tube if you missed it – some of us didn’t see the US open – shame on our heads). At the moment we don’t know what golf shoes they are either but will have a look around. First thoughts [1] they’re not golf shoes as such, or [2] they’re made especially for AP and we’ll never know or maybe [3] they’re unusual or older Michael Toschi golf shoes – as their golf shoes most have this look, shape-wise – or similar make of old…

Arnold Palmer has associations with Callaway, but I don’t think that includes golf shoes (Callaway don’t seem to include their own golf shoes – either on their main websites or at trade/golf shows).  None of thier golf shoes look quite like this.

We’re still thinking…

… Someone else wants some other sort.

Am I the only person who knows how to search the tinternet effectively?

OK Let me come back to you all very shortly.  meanwhile use the search button here on Golf Shoes Blog below right…

Golf Shoes Blog mentioned this site yesterday when begged for help by someone who could not find extra wide golf shoes.  This was for a ladies’ golf shoe in size 6 in triple EEE fitting. 

But they do men’s golf shoes too and some we don’t recognise.  Maybe they’re made especially?

There’s these dri-tech – though they only go to 2E.  Others go to 8E! Have  look at the site.

The golf shoes pictured are £99.99 as follows

Wide and comfortable shoes with removavble insole to make the shoe wider, also can be used for your own orthopedic insole.

Premium full grain leather upper/Soft leather lining /Sympatex HIGH2OUT membrane/TPU saddle wrap /TPU reinforcement fingers on vamp /1 year waterproof guarantee (2 years in the US) /Power sockliner with Poliyou /Stabila-flex lasting board /CMEVA midsole with powerbridge /TPU Power chassis /CDT Super Power TPU sole unit with swing dams, rollbars, traction bars, flex groove & CDT cleats

Marpessa writes… “Help!! No one has extra wide(E-EE) golf shoes in a Ladies size 6!!! Why not??”  (GSB: I’m not sur if E-EE is different to EEE).  She continues “I am sure there are others in my, NOT SIZED MEDIUM, boat!!!  How can I improve my golf game when my feet feel like they are on fire??”

Apparently Marpessa has tried sites for wide feet to no avail “Even the site with “custom” golf shoes did not offer extra wide shoes!! How is that “CUSTOM”???? They should stipulate,”fairly custom”, unless you are really hard to fit!!”

We don’t know which sites to suggest bearing in mind, Marpessa, that you don’tsay which sites you have tried.

I presume that you know we have a section on Golf Shoes Blog entitiled big and wide golf shoes.  Having just had a look at the previous links, I think there’s shops out there.  Or try this new one widefitsshoes.  The golf shoes shown are sold as “Wide and comfortable golf shoes” with “orthotic friendliness, wide toe box, and killer styling”.

Golf Shoes Tech&Spec: (for £89)

OS1 for superior cushioning/Ortholiner for volume control/ FUNCTIONAL BIOMECHANICS to promote foot health/Wide toe box/ Properly positioned forefoot grooves for natural foot flex/ Torsional control in arch & heel utilizing Trufit fiberglass arch shank/ Heel support counters for lateral stability/ Shockgrid cushioning under footbed/
Low profile outsole design for ground feel/ Soft, full grain leather uppers/ Bite dynamic Fast Twist spikes for traction with minimal impact/ WATERPROOF1-year limited guarantee

We first mentioned these new golf shoes, the prototype of which Ryan Moore has been testing this year a few days ago – see Linkswear Golf Shoes on Golf Shoes Blog

TheTRUE golf shoes  that they are showing on the True Linkswear website look slightly different to those we showed. 

Nevertheless, there’s a philosophical and subjective dicussion to be had here.  TRUE says that the “believe that traditional golf shoes that try to “nail you to the ground” are severely over engineered with features that actually put you in a position to fail every time you swing a club”. That puts the cat amogst the pigeons - but I know where they are coming from with the over-engineered bit.  Have you read the bumbf and acronyms and trademark info for some shoes.  SoI guess these are refreshing in that sense.  But…

Will it work when you golf in these golf shoes? That’s the $164 question.  They work for Ryan Moore and he plays golf better than I do in any golf shoe.  They say “We want to change the way millions of golfers enjoy the game by giving them products that work naturally with their bodies and provide true technological benefits. No unnecessary features, added weight, false claims, or empty promises. Just the closest thing to a barefoot golfing experience as possible”.

And we’ve seen barefoot golfers before extolling the virtues…

And now, astute business man that he is, Ryan Moore has taken a share in another company - True Linkswear - and is now getting publicity for them (and him) in a very different kind of golf shoe. Search Golf Shoes Blog for Ryan Moore to see previous stories.

Ryan was seen wearing a  pair of the new golf shoe prototypes in, Texas recently.  But he’s been wearing a new golf shoe quite a bit this year – as our picture shows. 

 Ryan says “I’m wearing them (the golf shoes) because they’re the lightest, most comfortable shoes I’ve ever worn… I’m a feel player, and every part of the way I experience the game of golf – from the tee box to the green – depends on having a solid connection with the ground.”

 The True linkswear golf shoe is a soft-spike hybrid which is lighter than usual traditional golf shoe and sits closer to the ground. There are four versions of the golf shoe prototype which Moore helped to design and is trialing.

 ”Both (True Linkswear and Scratch Golf – who Ryan has a share in already) are parallel in the fact they love Ryan for his uniqueness and his ability to be different,” Jeremy Moore, Ryan’s brother said.

To me they don’tlook like the golf shoes on the True Linkswear site – to which I will return…

Golf Shoes Blog has been asked to give comments on what a new stylish golf shoe should like like and be made from.  Re-interpreting the questions, let me pose them to Golf Shoes Blog readers…

• Would you like to see a new golf shoe in the traditional or future mould? 
• What new technologies might a new golf shoe utilise?
• What sort of materials would you most like to see in a new golf shoe?
• What sort of design and style would grab the sytylish golf shoe wearer?

• What would make golf shoe distinctive in your mind in the competitive global market?

Please send any comments to Golf Shoes Blog.

I won’t publish them immediately so look for no comments posted here.  I shall save them up for one big  bang after they have all been collected.

Here’s a good example of of Golf Shoes Blog’s new golf shoe shop (this one in the UK).  It’s a golf shoe that we haven’t seen before but we found it at just £37 – though they hae the same marque golf shoes from just £22.

See the range of Longridge Golf Shoes, where you cana also get the whole spec&tech.  Normally we’d review in more detail, but today we’re just pleased that our new golf hoe stores on-line are working properly!

The customer reviews for this particular golf shoe are mxed.

On the right, under the picture of my golf shoe planters, you can see two panels for our new on-line Golf Shoe Shops.

There’s one which takes you to Golf Shoes Blog’s US Golf Shoe Store and one which takes you to Golf Shoes Blog’s UK Golf Shoe Store.  Both have the full power of Amazon behind them which searches out the best prices for golf shoes. Please have a look for your new golf shoes – there’s just about every golf shoe you’d ever want.

Please let us know if you can’t find what you want.

As promised (but slovenly delivered), I said that I’d try out the MGK™ magic shoe cleaner and restorer.  They’ve got better pictures on their leaflets and shoemgk website but I wanted to test it myself.

So here are my Callaway Hyperbolics (see them new on Golf Shoes Blog) after half a dozen rounds in various weathers – which has all stayed outside I’m pleased to say.  They may not be the worst condition – as they have done well in all weathers - but I’m going to try MGK on some other (not golf shoes – goodness forbid) too.

(Interlude: While I type this and the shoes are still dirty outside, let me remind us of the whole thing about leather getting wet through wet grass and rain and from moisture inside – always claimed as a minimum by golf shoe makers – and this can crack golf shoe leather. Generally, if you have older shoes they may be in need of major restoration and MGK claims to clean and restore and helps to repell water and dirt after a good clean.  Right… off with the shoe brush and the magic shoe cleaner…)

Well first things first a little water and MGK fluid on the brush and the fluid is a sort of nuclear purple – though it says that it’s from natural products!  But it did the job and pretty well too – see the before and after picture…  And it was easy to do.  What it says on the tin.